Romans 1:24
24For this reason, God gave them over to impurity to follow the lusts ▼▼Lit. to impurity in the lusts
of their hearts and to dishonor their bodies with one another.Lev 18:22; Ps 81:12; Acts 7:42; 1Cor 6:18; Eph 4:18-19; 1Thes 4:4; 2Thes 2:11-12; 1Pet 4:3 Romans 1:26
26For this reason, God gave them over to degrading passions. Even their females exchanged their natural sexual function for one that is unnatural.Lev 18:22-23; Eph 5:12; Jude 1:101 Corinthians 15:34
34Come back to your senses as you should, and stop sinning! For some of you—I say this to your shame—are without a true knowledge of God.Rom 13:11; 1Cor 6:5; Eph 5:14; 1Thes 4:5Galatians 4:8
8However, in the past, when you did not know God, you were slaves to things that are not really gods at all. ▼▼Lit. gods by nature
Rom 1:25; 1Cor 12:2; Eph 2:11-12; 1Thes 1:9; 4:5 Ephesians 2:12
12At that time you were without Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel, ▼▼Or from the commonwealth of Israel
and strangers to the covenants of promise. You had no hope and were in the world without God.Ezek 13:9; John 10:16; Rom 9:4, 8; Gal 4:8; Eph 4:18; Col 1:21; Rom 9:4, 8, 1Thes 4:5, 13 Ephesians 4:17-18
17The Old Life and the NewTherefore, I tell you and insist on ▼▼Or testify
in the Lord not to live any longer like the Gentiles live, thinking worthless thoughts. ▼▼Lit. in the worthlessness of their mind
Rom 1:21; Eph 2:1-3, 22; Col 3:7; 1Pet 4:3 18They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of their ignorance and hardness of heart.Acts 26:18; Rom 1:21; Gal 4:8; Eph 2:12; 1Thes 4:5 Colossians 3:5
5So put to death your worldly impulses: ▼▼Lit. the parts that are on the earth
sexual sin, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry).Rom 6:13; 8:13; Gal 5:24; Eph 5:3, 5; 1Thes 4:5 2 Thessalonians 1:8
8in blazing fire. He will take revenge on those who do not know God and on those who refuse to obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.Ps 79:6; Rom 2:8; 1Thes 4:5; Heb 10:27; 12:29; 2Pet 3:7; Rev 21:8
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